Re: Exposing ROM's though sysfs
From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Fri Jul 30 2004 - 16:02:03 EST
On Friday, July 30, 2004 1:54 pm, Martin Mares wrote:
> > I don't think anyone wants an x86 emulator builtin to the kernel for this
> > purpose.
>
> Well, most people probably do not want a x86 emulator running random ROMs
> in the userspace, either :-) But unfortunately the world is ugly (at least
> these parts of it).
Yep. :(
> However, point taken. (Although it will not be easy, since you have to
> avoid kernel drivers touching the device until you can run the ROM in
> userspace.)
Yeah, it's a pain.
> > We can get away without caching a copy of the ROM in the kernel if we
> > require userspace to cache it before the driver takes control of the card
> > (i.e. at POST time). Otherwise, the kernel will have to take care of it.
>
> In case of the video cards, it is probably the right path to go.
Great, glad we agree!
Thanks,
Jesse
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